Summer on Maui means mangoes and, inevitably, scraping up those rotting, fallen fruits off the ground. But as you’re doing yard work this season, imagine a technology that would convert all that plant matter into something other than compost. In fact, the USDA Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center (PBARC), along with Florida-based BioTork Hawaii LLC, […]

Feed My Sheep, the largest nonprofit direct distributor of food to those in poverty on Maui, released a statement on Jan. 11 praising “amazing support during the holiday season.” The Maui organization received 2,950 five pound bags of rice from the Maui Hotel and Lodging Association, a $1,000 check from the Maui Chamber of Commerce […]

As founder Joyce Kawakami humbly describes her Feed My Sheep operation, she almost downplays the significance of her idea back in 1999 to start distributing food out of the trunk of her car to hungry folks. Feed My Sheep is different than some of the kitchens and church pantries in that they distribute bags of […]